Katie Flynn

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August 26th, 2013It's no secret the Maple Leafs may have spent their money frivolously on free agents and signing extensions. They still have a lot of work to do, and have prioritized their signings in the usual, unrestricted free agent, free agency, restricted free agent order. What they haven't done well is manage their cap space efficiently enough to...

August 17th, 2013As the NHL season creeps closer at what seems like a snail's pace, there are exactly 43 days left to wait. The comfort in knowing the NHL season begins in 43 days is the fact that camps will open in half that time icing the players they received in deals and transitions through the summer. The five most intriguing deals to be made...

August 8th, 2013Much has been made about the progress the Maple Leafs made in the playoffs and their disastrous collapse. Their season before that which garners much less attention was not a season filled with triumph, although shortened. The argument can be made that had the Leafs endured an 82 game season, they would have played their way out of a...

July 12th, 2013Going home; it's something we all do at the end of the day. We can't wait to relax, see our families or significant others and enjoy the comforts of a familiar place. It's easy to take for granted all the things you've learned to pass by without batting an eye. The buzz of the fridge, the smell of your parent's house which is only 20...

July 9th, 2013Stripping the team down and starting from the bottom- this really isn't what Toronto Maple Leafs fans had in mind this offseason. After a playoff run that delivered much more than expected, what really needed to improve was obvious. It wasn't goaltending, and it wasn't the wingers. The centres and defenseman needed to be better. Simple?...

July 3rd, 2013The stats tell you all you need to know about Tyler Bozak. 26 years old, 238 career NHL games, 53 goals, 81 assists for 134 points, a career -42 with 21 power play goals. Those are pretty good numbers for a 2009 free agent singing from The Denver Pioneers of the NCAA. Consider the fact that he is the Toronto Maple Leafs number one...

June 25th, 2013Only in sport do you hire a replacement before the preexisting employee has quit, been fired, or demoted. Only in professional sports do the words "it's only fair" rarely dictate the outcome that would be only fair. It's tough mentally, and of course physically to be a professional athlete, but the stress on Maple Leafs goaltender James...

June 21st, 2013It's been a long road to the southeast, but now that we're here you might realize I have run out of creative ways to talk about what identifies your team, or what they're best known for. So, rats, that terrible siren the Washington Capitals use after they score a goal, and the storm warning hurricane siren. The southeast can be described...

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